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单词 wheatear
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Even more amazing, geologgers show that another small songbird, the northern wheatear, migrates from North America to sub-Saharan Africa. One small flap for birds, one giant leap for mankind 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z
Another discovery was that non-scavenger birds such as the meadow pipit, northern wheatear, common reed bunting, bluethroat and lapland bunting all fed on the “bloom” of arthropods, such as blowfly, that developed on the carrion. 'Landscape of fear': what a mass of rotting reindeer carcasses taught scientists 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z
To add insult to injury, the wheatear landed for a moment on the stunned hawk as if doing a victory pose. Hawk knocked unconscious during bird chase 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z
A species known as the northern wheatear is known to fly 2,000 miles nonstop from Canada to the United Kingdom, for example, Norris says. Small Songbird Makes One of the Longest Flights for All Birds 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z
Northern wheatears fly from Africa to Alaska, and back. Birds’ magnetic sense: Columbarian Columbuses 2013-07-11T14:58:09Z
Larks and wheatears ran along the ground in front of us, and small tailless marmot rats dodged in and out of their holes as we approached. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z
Four trackers that the team managed to retrieve revealed that individual wheatears spent the winter in northern parts of sub-Saharan Africa. Tiny songbird traverses the world 2012-02-15T00:50:18Z
Northern wheatears are a summer visitor to the UK and Ireland. Hawk knocked unconscious during bird chase 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z
Chat, chat, n. a genus of small birds in the thrush family, of which the wheatear is a familiar example. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z
He watched the little wheatears, back from Africa, flitting from perch to perch of tufted grass, soon to leave for their summer in distant Norway. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z
Birds are few on these stony wastes, larks, wheatears and snow-finches being the commonest. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z
"We do see Greenland wheatears in the UK on migration, usually on the coast," he said. Tiny songbird traverses the world 2012-02-15T00:50:18Z
Male black wheatears, a small songbird found in North Africa and Spain, for example, show off their prowess by the size and number of stones they incorporate into their nests. Science News: Chopin's hallucinations may have been caused by epilepsy 2011-01-31T22:44:01Z
Among black wheatears, a small songbird found in North Africa and Spain, for example, males show off their muscles by the size and number of stones they incorporate into their nests. Nest Garbage Says, 'Keep Out!' 2011-01-20T19:00:00Z
Well, the long and short of it was that when I was striding along a ploughed path, between wheatears as tall as a man, my foot struck against something. The Undying Past
They consist of the birds commonly known as thrushes, robins, bluebirds, Townsend's solitaire, and the wheatears. Food Habits of the Thrushes of the United States USDA Bulletin 280
An old Swedish proverb tells us that “when you see the white wagtail you may turn your sheep into the fields; and when you see the wheatear you may sow your grain.” Springtime and Other Essays
Mr. Godman also shot a single specimen of the wheatear in Flores after a strong gale of wind, and as no one on the island knew the bird, it was almost certainly a recent arrival. Island Life Or the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras
In two localities with which I am familiar, and know every path, I never saw a wheatear. The Hills and the Vale
Around my windmill, everything is sunshine and music; I have wind orchestras of wheatears, bands of blue-tits, and choirs of curlews from morning to midday. Letters from my Windmill
Leverets, geese, turkey poults, ducks, fowls, chickens, wild rabbits, quails, wheatears, young wild ducks, and some pigeons. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
Small birds, such as woodcocks, snipes, blackbirds, thrushes, fieldfares, rails, quails, wheatears, larks, martins, and sparrows, are to be boiled in strong broth, or in salt and water. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families
Another blemish of a minor kind in the ‘Ode to a Star’ is that of rhyming “meteor” with “wheatear.” Old Familiar Faces
Where wheatears frequent, their return is very marked; they appear suddenly in the gardens and open places, and cannot be overlooked. The Hills and the Vale
The sycamore by the ruined chancel pattered in the breeze, and the wheatear's last notes came from its top-most bough. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time
Spring fowls, and chickens, geese, ducks, turkey poults, young wild and tame rabbits, pigeons, leverets, and wheatears. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
The chats and the wheatear are of course common.  The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account
Under a cloudless sky, Maximilien heads the procession of his colleagues in a blue coat and yellow breeches, carrying in his hand a bouquet of wheatears, cornflowers and poppies. The Gods are Athirst
The wheatears seem to drop out of the night, and to be showered down on the ground in the morning. The Hills and the Vale
The birds most common along the coast, at present, are the stone-chatters, whinchats, buntings, linnets, some few wheatears, titlarks, etc.  The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1
Leverets, geese, ducks and ducklings, fowls, chickens, turkey poults, quails, wild rabbits, wheatears, and young wild ducks. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
But in the seventeenth, eighteenth and early part of the nineteenth centuries, wheatears were taken on the Downs in enormous quantities and formed a part of every south county banquet in their season. Highways and Byways in Sussex
An hour later, just as the smock was finished and the boys were gone to get tea ready, the shepherd entered at the gate carrying a quantity of wheatears threaded on crow-quills. The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII. No. 358, November 6, 1886.
In Sussex, on the contrary, the wheatear is as regularly seen as the blackbird; and in the spring and summer you cannot go for a walk without finding them. The Hills and the Vale
Redwings, wheatears, peewits, and airy kestrels are the people of their skies. Lore of Proserpine
Earlier than that in the summer there was not a wheatfield where you could not find numerous wheatears picked as clean as if threshed where they stood. Nature Near London
The bulrush nods unto his brother The wheatears whisper to each other: What is it they say? The Suppressed Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson
I never saw the wheatear in Worcestershire, but here I notice several pairs on the moors in summer. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor
The curious T-shaped cuttings still to be seen in the sides of the Downs may be remarked; these are where the traps set to catch wheatears were set. Seaward Sussex The South Downs from End to End
The sunbeams sank deeper and deeper into the wheatears, layer upon layer of light, and the colour deepened by these daily strokes. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies
For the year is never gone by; in a moment we can recall the sunshine we enjoyed in May, the roses we gathered in June, the first wheatear we plucked as the green corn filled. Nature Near London
THE WHEATEAR.—The wheatear is an annual visitor of England: it arrives about the middle of March and leaves in September. The Book of Household Management
A marked sign of spring in Brighton is the return of the wheatears; they suddenly appear in the waste places by the houses in the first few days of April. The Life of the Fields
The hills are a paradise for birds; the practice of snaring the wheatear for market has lately fallen into desuetude and the "Sussex ortolan" is becoming more numerous than it was a dozen years ago. Seaward Sussex The South Downs from End to End
The last relic of Art carving is visible round about a bread platter, here and there wreaths of wheatears; very suitable these to a platter bearing bread formed of corn. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies
But at midsummer, above the opening wheatears, the heaven from the east to the zenith is flushed with it. Nature Near London
POULTRY.—Chickens, ducklings, fowls, green geese, pigeons, plovers, pullets, rabbits, turkey poults, wheatears, wild ducks. The Book of Household Management
The dark sky thickens and lowers as if it were gathering thunder, as women glean wheatears in their laps. The Life of the Fields
When the wheatears, or "horse-maggers" as he called them, returned in spring two or three pairs attached themselves to this group of burrows and bred in them. Afoot in England
A mile away, I know a flinty waste beloved of the wheatear and the locust. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography
While talking, a wheatear flew past, and alighted near the path—a place they frequent. Nature Near London
POULTRY.—Chickens, ducklings, fowls, green geese, leverets, plovers, pullets, rabbits, turkey poults, wheatears. The Book of Household Management
There is not a quail, not a blackbird, not the smallest rabbit nor even the tiniest wheatear. Tartarin De Tarascon
Who would have thought to find a tree-planter in the wheatear, the bird of the stony waste and open naked down, who does not even ask for a bush to perch on? Afoot in England
Hence his references to Celsus and Hippocrates and his ingenious etymologies of wheatear and samphire, more ingenious in the second case than sound. Travels through France and Italy
The opinion seems general that wheatears are not so numerous as they used to be. Nature Near London
The wives and daughters of the Kentish farmers came from the neighbouring villages with cream, cherries, wheatears, and quails. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1
Slain are the poppies that shot their random scarlet Quick amid the wheatears: wound about the waist, Gathered, see these brides of earth one blush of ripeness! Poems — Volume 2
Here, too, the burrows had probably existed first and had attracted the wheatears, and the birds had brought the seed from some distant bush. Afoot in England
From unseen places birds began to sing—the wheatear in the crevices of the rocks, the sedge-warbler among the rushes of the rivers. The Scapegoat; a romance and a parable
They lie crushed together at the base, and on the point of this jagged ridge a wheatear perches. Nature Near London
Close by there was a small round hillock, an old forsaken nest of the little brown ants, green and soft with moss and small creeping herbs—a suitable grave for a wheatear. Afoot in England
The only creatures on earth I loathe and hate are the gourmets, the carrion-crows and foxes of the human kind who devour wheatears and skylarks at their tables. Afoot in England
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